That's why we were surprised to see this on many websites: a shopping cart. It would be a felony to use stem cells in an unapproved therapy or to sell them for export to the U.S. The Sussers asked Ecklund to treat Adam near their Florida home. Kurtzberg: There are no stem cell cures yet for multiple sclerosis.Įcklund proposed four treatments costing a total of $20,000. Pelley: Some of the diseases that we see stem cell cures offered for on the Internet include multiple sclerosis. Kurtzberg told us there's no evidence yet that stem cells can treat cerebral palsy. She advises the federal government and she's co-director of this multimillion dollar laboratory which works with stem cells harvested from umbilical cord blood. Kurtzberg is a physician and the chief scientific officer of a stem cell research program at Duke University. I personally think we're 10 years away from seeing real cell therapies that are working and are safe, but I do believe it will come.ĭr. Because real stem cells are very difficult to control as therapy. Joanne Kurtzberg: I believe stem cells have a lot of promise. What can stem cells really do today? We asked a scientist who's doing some of the world's most advanced studies in stem cells, Dr. Ecklund sent them a letter which offered the blind and paralyzed Adam the possibility of an improved level of consciousness, improved ability to see, to speak, to stand and walk. In October, we asked the Sussers to contact Dr. The founder and director of Stem Tech Labs is an Alabama doctor named Dan Ecklund. The website claims a "modern day medical miracle" and says "we are FDA registered," apparent approval from the Food and Drug Administration. We focused on Stem Tech Labs of Ecuador because it offers cures for cerebral palsy and a long list of 70 incurable diseases. To help us learn the truth about the illicit stem cell industry, the Sussers agreed to work with us in an investigation of one stem cell laboratory. And people who have a special child don't need any more expense, don't need any more heartache, and don't need any more false promises.
Gary Susser: I see how people are preyed upon by hucksters and charlatans. Today, people like the Sussers can find hundreds of sophisticated websites offering stem cell treatments for every hopeless disease. Gary Susser: The progress that he made after that was minimal at best and therefore we didn't see any good coming out of it. Judy Susser: We both decided that in the severity of his condition that we'd have to try it.Īpparently, there was no harm and no miracle.
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